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Oct 17, 2015
1 min

About Painting Hands

Hands can be as expressive as faces. As a young artist, I noticed that a huge number of figurative paintings - even by REALLY FAMOUS ARTI...

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Linda H. Post

Sep 5, 2015
1 min

Speaking the Language of Birds, update

So this is where I am at the end of today. This painting is just starting to gain presence and solidity. It's important to work back and ...

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Linda H. Post

Sep 5, 2015
1 min

Carnival in France

Long ago and far away... I traveled to France. I took many photographs, of course, but this carousel in a village carnival caught my imag...

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Linda H. Post

Sep 5, 2015
1 min

A Farm By The Sea

Last year I spent a few days in a tiny house on a horse farm in Westport, Massachusetts while in the area for a family wedding. I grew up...

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Linda Post

Sep 5, 2015
1 min

The Painting Began With a Massage

Island time. When I'm away on vacation, a massage seems to be in order. This one took place in a tiny island cottage, open to the sand an...

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Linda H. Post

Sep 5, 2015
1 min

Final Draft!

Because the girl on the left was actually a composite of THREE different models, the proportions seemed off - especially around the skirt...

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Speaking the Language of Birds, more drafts

Linda H. Post

Sep 5, 2015
1 min

Speaking the Language of Birds, more drafts

Three versions. Even if a painting changes radically once I put brush to canvas, I do attempt to get the photo sketch as close as possibl...

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Speaking in the Language of Birds, First Draft

Linda Post

Sep 2, 2015
1 min

Speaking in the Language of Birds, First Draft

But this painting actually had its genesis last year, when all of the images I wanted to use started to fall into place in my mind. I loo...

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Linda Post

Sep 2, 2015
1 min

Speaking in the Language of Birds

Writing a blog is a bit like posting on Facebook. Since this is my first blog entry on this new website, I'll share where my painting is ...

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